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“Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name. If there's a criticism to be made today, it's that the press isn't doing enough to put the pressure on the government to provide information.”

Ifs Knows Made Enough Government Today Names Media Information Duty Criticism Pressure Presses

Author:Walter Cronkite

“The information was correct but the interpretations were not. I did my duty up to the last minute.”

Lasts Minutes Information Duty Interpretation Last Minute

Author:Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

“Let the awe [the teacher] has upon [children's] minds be so tempered with the constant marks of tenderness and good will, that affection may spur them to their duty, and make them find a pleasure in complying with his dictates. This will bring them with satisfaction to their tutor; make them hearken to him, as to one who is their friend, that cherishes them, and takes pains for their good; this will keep their thoughts easy and free, whilst they are with him, the only temper wherein the mind is capable of receiving new information, and of admitting into itself those impressions.”

Source: Locke, Berkely & Hume

“To seek out the best [persons to serve in the government] though the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with ther purest motives, is something incorrect....No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.”

Men Trying Persons Whole Government Acting Information Duty Unions Motive Executives Resorts Right Place Best Person Best Of Me Right Man

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“What do you do when other countries' intelligence agencies give you information and you aren't entirely certain about its source? Simply ignore it? That's impossible. We have a duty to guarantee the safety of our citizens.”

Giving Country Certain Impossible Information Duty Source Citizens Safety Agency Guarantees Other Countries Intelligence Agencies

Author:Angela Merkel

“Troops must be fed with ammunition and so on but also with information, with images, with visual intelligence. Without these elements troops cannot perform their duties properly. This is what is meant by the logistics of perception.”

Information Duty Elements Perception Visuals Feds Troops Ammunition Logistics

Author:Paul Virilio